Happy Bear Face

Happy days are here again…okay happy bear faces with  fantastic colours of pink, blue, yellow and bear brown are here.

Meet the whole collection of bear fabrics with coordinating polka dot “freckle” fabric and a tribal print to complete the look over at our new fabric shop.

More fabric coming soon.

Tags | bear, blue, fabric, illustration, new, pattern, pink, Tribal, woodland, yellow

A helping hand.

We all need a bit of help every now and again and lucky for me our 2 year old is always on hand to help with a bit of painting.

Lots of colours are her favourite, rainbows, hand printing (which includes teddy with painted paws) and circles.

The wee one was not left out though she just preferred to play with a couple of balls…life is so much more interesting when you take time to paint hands, play ball, sing songs and hangout with your sister!

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Tags | working from home hand painting kids

The bear necessities

Look For The Bear Necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife.

Find me over on Instagram!

Tags | bear, design, doodle, illustration, pattern

Today in the studio

Today the light filled the studio along with flowers, fabric swatches and fun times.

The fabric is a sneak peek at a new line available at Modern Yardage…as soon as it is online I will shout it out! Love this colours! Yay!

Never one to miss the action…..love baby cakes!

Tags | fabric, flowers, pattern, studio

Time flies when you are having fun.

Time flies when you are having fun is so true….As well as baby growing (and crawling into every nook and cranny!) I had my first glimpse of the new fabric line and have been working behind the scenes on new projects. Work is fun, not always easy to balance the time between work and family and the one area that suffers the most when times get busy is the blog!

Sneak peek at Flutter By Butterflies a new range of girl interior products (copyright 2014 Michelle Manolov)

Tags | babies, butterfies, butterfly, girls, interior design, patern, summer

Happy Easter

Tags | bunny, eggs, floral, happy easter, michelle drew, paternandco, surface pattern design

Cactus and pots

Mixing and matching pots of blue and white with fab cacti and succulents, loving the greens and blues!

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All images Copyrighted © Michelle Manolov 2014. All rights reserved

Tags | patternandco. michelle manolov, surface pattern design

Spring alternative colours

Spring is a little fickle at the moment, one day glorious sunshine and green leaves budding with blooms in full floweriness and the next day, cold and grey and soggy fallen petals.  So ever the optimist lets shout out SPRING with a new collection of patterns and colours inspired from a few blooms I have outside.

Tags | floral, flowers, michelle manolov, patternandco, repeat, Spring, surface pattern design, typography

Time for spring!

Making the most of the  spring sunshine!

Tags | florals, michelle manolov, patternandco, repeat, Spring, surface pattern design

Paper Love Inspiration

I love paper.  I am a paper Junkie.

Now that we have the confessions out of the way I can say paper for me is an inspiration.

I draw on it, paint on it, cut out shapes, print on it, fold it and make secret plans…..

Paper is such a big part of my daily life, from list making (always with doodles down the side) to making presents look as beautiful on the outside as the inside, designing on it everyday and creating decorations that string together all my ideas.

It’s my favourite way of making a mood board and pulling together colours and textures for my latest collections.

I have the greatest time designing patterns for paper products – florals, stripes, geometrics, watercolours, the list is endless and there must be at least one or two pieces of patterned paper for everyone.  What is your favourite paper?

The PaperLove Blog Hop is a celebration of all things paper! Follow the links to discover more bloggers who love paper and use it to inspire and delight. And if you want to explore a whole world of paper, and stretch your paper passion further with a host of creative projects, why not join the innovative new online course PaperLove (starts March 31). Led by book artist Rachel Hazell, PaperLove is a five week creative adventure for paper lovers. Find out more here.

Participant list

Majo Bautista / Tona Bell / Louise Best / Cathy Bluteau / Jennifer Bomgardner / Giova Brusa / Lindsay Buck / Beka Buckley / Joanna Caskie / Jonathan Chapman (Mr Yen) / Halle Cisco / Sarah Clare / Cathryn Clarge / Dawn Clarkson / Rhiannon Connelly / Jenny D’Fuego / Molly Dhiman / Ian Dudley / Ayisatu Emore / Akmal Farid / Monika Forsberg / Claire Fritz-Domeney / Louise Gale / Chrissy Gaskell / Julie Hamilton / Emma Hawman / Rachel Hazell / Holly Helgeson / Claudine Hellmuth / Kim Henkel / Sarah Hoffman / Joanne Hus / Paula Joerling / Beth Kempton / Julie Kirk / Eos Koch / Katie LaClair / Kristy Lankford / Michelle Manolov / Doreen Marts / Rosie Martinez-Dekker / Tori Mears / Maria Mederios / Lise Meijer / Debbie Miller / MaryJane Mitchell / Suzy Naidoo / Grace Noel / Hannah Nunn / Camilla Olsson / Jo Packham / Rachelle Panagarry / Monette Pangan / Melanie Paul / Nicole Piar / Jen Pitta / Liz Plummer / Julie Reed / Michelle Reynolds / Lisa Rivas / Angee Robertson / Natalie Ryan / Aisling Ryan / Elisabet Sapena / Kyrrha Sevco / Jamie Sprague / Elizabeth Steele / Terri Stephens / Juniper Stokes / Mary Tanana / Maike Thoma / Linda Tieu / Gabrielle Treanor / Tammy Tutterow / Deborah Velasquez / Jordan Vinograd Kim / Cat Whipple / Brooke Witt / Katie Wood / Amelia Woodbridge

Tags | inspiration, michelle manolov, mood board, paper, paperlove, patternandco